Toy simulating an animal



March 1955 L. ODERMATT-WEHRLI 2,705,090

TOY SIMULATING AN ANIMAL Filed Feb. 14, 1951 IN VEN TOR. LAuRE/L'; Dom/ m 'z-r A/EHR United States Patent TOY SIMULATING AN ANIMAL Laurens Odermatt-Wehrli, Ennetburgen, Switzerland Application February 14, 1951, Serial No. 210,864

Claims priority, application Switzerland April 28, 1950 2 Claims. (Cl. 22278) The object of the present invention is a toy simulating animals which can be milked.

The toy simulating an animal described hereafter, apart from the fact that it may be used as an amusing toy, serves also perfectly for demonstrating the process of milking a mother animal.

According to the invention the particular milking organs are at the exterior of a good natural looking imitation of a mother animal and form also part of a balloon provided to contain a liquid which is incorporated within the figure itself; whereby several small tubes representing the so-called teats are connected with the balloon, the liquid contained in same being sucked out when pulling at the tubes, similar as in the process of milking.

The enclosed drawing shows as an example of the form of construction of this invention a toy cow, schematically demonstrated:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through a toy cow according to the present invention; and

Fig. 2 is a side view of the toy shown in Figure 1. In both figures the referring numbers are the same.

The body of the animal is indicated by 1. The balloon 2 constructed to contain a liquid is inside the body, connected with a channel 5 for instance in the form of a tube. This tube 5 communicates at 7 with chamber 2 and is open at its front end 8. This tube is destined to suck a liquid provided in the best ways into the head of the toy representing an animal, the said opening at 8 represented preferably by the mouth 6 of the animal. Several small tubes 9 represent the teats and having elongated capillary openings 10, are accordingly placed and also connected with the balloon 2.

111 order to till the balloon with liquids, this is done in the usual well known way and so that first of all the air is pressed out of the balloon by squeezing. Releasing the pressure again, the balloon resumes its normal size, aspiring at the same time the liquid in which the head of the toy simulating an animal has been immersed for this purpose.

The toy simulating an animal thus prepared may be milked in a way similar to milking a real animal. A gentle alternative pulling at the small tubes 9 representing the teats is sufiicient and with every stroke a part of the liquid contained in the balloon 2 is sucked out. In order to avoid the liquid running out constantly it is useful to make the interior diameter 10 of the small tubes 9 smaller than the diameter of the aspiring channel 5. Furthermore practice has shown that it is advisable not to make the interior diameter of the tubes larger than for instance the diameter of a pin.

in an efiicient manner all the organs through which the liquid flows, that means apart of the balloon 2 also the aspiration channel 5 and the small tubes 9 are manufactured in an elastic material, such as rubber or similar stuff.

It is also a great advantage to use an elastic material Patented Mar. 29, 1955 for the construction of the body of the animal 1 and in this case there is also a possibility of manufacturing the body of the animal, together with the organs conducting the liquid, of one sole piece. In this way it is possible that the balloon containing the liquid can be emptied by a pumping method, no special device being necessary, by simply pressing the body of the animal.

What I claim is:

1. A toy simulating an animal having an udder, comprising in combination, an outer flexible casing forming the body of the animal, the outer surface of said flexible casing constituting the skin of the animal; a flexible squeezable hollow chamber located within said outer flexible casing extending substantially from the back portion of the animal to the udder portion thereof and occupying a substantial volume of the interior thereof; a tube integral with said flexible chamber and leading therefrom to the mouth of the animal; and a plurality of elongated flexible tubes having elongated capillary openings extending therethrough simulating the teats of an udder, each tube being integral with said flexible squeezable chamber and extending outwardly of said outer casing, each of said flexible capillary tubes having an interior diameter substantially smaller than the diameter of said first-named tube and communicating with said flexible squeezable chamber so that a liquid may be sucked into the toy through said first-named tube by compressing and releasing the flexible squeezable hollow chamber while the mouth of the toy is submerged in a liquid without an appreciable amount of air entering through said capillary tubes, and whereby said liquid will be prevented by capillary action from leaking through said capillary tubes while permitting the toy containing a liquid in the hollow chamber to be milked by milking compression of the capillary tubes.

2. A toy simulating an animal having an udder, comprising in combination, an outer elastic casing forming the body of the animal, the outer surface of said elastic casing constituting the skin of the animal; an elastic squeezable hollow chamber located within said outer elastic casing extending substantially from the back portion of the animal to the udder portion thereof and occupying a major portion of the volume of the interior thereof; a tube integral with said elastic chamber and leading therefrom to the mouth of the animal; and a plurality of elongated elastic tubes having elongated capillary openings extending therethrough simulating the teats of an udder, each tube being integral with said elastic squeezable chamber and extending outwardly of said outer casing, each of said elastic capillary tubes having an interior diameter substantially smaller than the diameter of said first-named tube and communicating with said elastic squeezable chamber so that a liquid may be sucked into the toy through said first-named tube by compressing and releasing the elastic squeezable hollow chamber while the mouth of the toy is submerged in a liquid without an appreciable amount of air entering through said capillary tubes, and whereby said liquid will be prevented by capillary action from leaking through said capillary tubes while permitting the toy containing a liquid in the hollow chamber to be milked by milking compression of the capillary tubes.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,106,562 Bucci Ian. 25, 1938 2,230,114 Katz Jan. 28, 1941 2,536,518 Shrier Jan. 2, 1951 2,577,849 Henry Dec. 11, 1951 

